Overview
Brisbane's funniest time of the year is getting closer for 2024, with Brisbane Comedy Festival set to fill Brisbane Powerhouse and other venues around the city with laughs from late April. Across its full lineup, the fest features 130-plus comedians putting on more than 350 shows. Eager to attend but not feeling too financial? BCF is doing $24 tickets to a hefty batch of gigs — but only for a 24-hour period.
Comedy lovers, you've got from 10am AEST on Tuesday, March 12 until the same time on Wednesday, March 13 to nab cheap seats to more than 100 shows — or until the allocation of discounted tickets is sold out. Getting in quick, aka ASAP, is recommended, then. You'll need to enter the code 24FOR24, and you will still pay a booking fee on top of the $24, but you won't be paying full price overall to head along.
2024's Brisbane Comedy Festival will take place from Friday, April 26–Sunday, May 26, at New Farm's riverside arts venue, plus sites such as The Princess Theatre, Fortitude Music Hall and The Tivoli. The program is jam-packed — and, with so many gigs slashing ticket prices during the $24 sale, so is the roster of shows that you can catch for less than the price of dinner.
Josh Thomas, Lizzy Hoo, Nat's What I Reckon, Nina Oyama, Arj Barker, Ed Byrne, David O'Doherty, Rhys Nicholson: they're some of the comedians that you can see for $24. There's also Mel Buttle, Reuben Kaye, Stephen K Amos, Tom Ballard, Takashi Wakasugi and Will Anderson.
Among BCF's events that aren't standup sets, improvised whodunnit Murder Village and Sh!t-faced Shakespeare are also slinging $24 seats — and so are Queerstories, Thank God You're Queer and The Debate.
The list goes on, spanning Joel Creasey, Luke Heggie, Ivan Aristeguieta, Schalk Bezuidenhout, Felicity Ward, Tommy Little, Peter Helliar, Dave Hughes, Akmal, Fern Brady, Urvi Majumdar, Jenny Tian, Connor Burns, Chris Parker, Dilruk Jayasinha, Geraldine Quinn and Hannah Camilleri, too.
Rom-com production 44 Sex Acts in One Week; Bob Franklin, Tony Martin, Bev Killick and Gretel Killeen teaming up for an Aussie Comedy Legends night; Aboriginal Comedy All Stars with Andy Saunders, Elaine Crombie, Janty Blair, Jay Wymarra, Kevin Kropinyeri and Sean Choolburra: you can pick up $24 tickets to each as well.
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Brisbane Comedy Festival 2024 takes place between Friday, April 26–Sunday, May 26, with $24 tickets available for 24 hours between 10am AEST on Tuesday, March 12–10am AEST on Wednesday, March 13. Head to the festival's website for further details and the $24 sale page — where you'll need to enter the code 24FOR24 — for $24 tickets.
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